Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 3642 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 127,254 and USD 204,480 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 3642
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 5709 jobs Machine Learning | 5405 jobs Statistics | 4526 jobs Engineering | 4305 jobs SQL | 4118 jobs Computer Science | 3186 jobs ML models | 2750 jobs Research | 2692 jobs Mathematics | 2676 jobs R | 2675 jobs AWS | 2306 jobs Testing | 2103 jobs Deep Learning | 1936 jobs Pipelines | 1826 jobs LLMs | 1769 jobs Data analysis | 1761 jobs GCP | 1581 jobs TensorFlow | 1548 jobs Data visualization | 1498 jobs Spark | 1484 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 5027 jobs Health care | 2515 jobs Equity / stock options | 1792 jobs Startup environment | 1737 jobs Competitive pay | 1727 jobs Insurance | 1643 jobs Flex hours | 1637 jobs Salary bonus | 1411 jobs Parental leave | 1149 jobs Flex vacation | 1112 jobs Medical leave | 1015 jobs Team events | 1006 jobs 401(k) matching | 621 jobs Wellness | 620 jobs Conferences | 333 jobs Transparency | 260 jobs Home office stipend | 214 jobs Relocation support | 211 jobs Fitness / gym | 168 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 163 jobsRelated salaries
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